Proxy Season Insider: May 30

Important highlights from upcoming meetings, provided by Glass Lewis' global research team Netflix, Inc. NASDAQ – June 6 As in recent years, the agenda at Netflix features a variety of shareholder proposals covering topics like [...]

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Hong Kong OKs Dual Class in Xiaomi Bid

Looking to attract the attention of tech titans dripping in potential profit, at the end of April HKEX made the decision to allow companies with dual class share structures to go public in Hong Kong. [...]

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Forty One Months to Sika/Saint-Gobain Solution

A seemingly interminable dispute over Sika AG's voting rights appears to have finally reached an end. The Swiss specialty chemicals company announced this morning that an amicable solution had been found with the Burkard family [...]

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UniCredit Responds to Shareholder Activism

It's a sign of the times as Italian companies adjust to shifts in ownership and regulation: on December 4th, UniCredit S.p.A. will convene an extraordinary meeting to consider proposals intended to simplify its ownership structure [...]

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